Programme One

Programme One deals with the pressures that have come to bear on labour intensive manufacturing industries which are having to compete with lower cost countries in Eastern Europe and beyond.

This programme follows Mags Stone, an ex-factory worker and John Sexton a factory manager both of whom were in long-term employment in the manufacting industry but who lost their jobs in recent years as their employers moved their manufacturing to Eastern Europe. The documentary follows John and Mags as they travel across Eastern Europe to see where their jobs have gone and meet the people who now do their jobs.